The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.
HENRI BERGSONWhen it is said that an object occupies a large space in the soul or even that it fills it entirely, we ought to understand by this simply that its image has altered the shade of a thousand perceptions or memories.
More Henri Bergson Quotes
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Laughter is, above all, a corrective. Being intended to humiliate, it must make a painful impression on the person against whom it is directed. By laughter, society avenges itself for the liberties taken with it. It would fail in its object if it bore the stamp of sympathy or kindness.
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Life does not proceed by the association and addition of elements, but by dissociation and division.
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To ease another’s burden, help to carry it.
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The only cure for vanity is laughter. And the only fault that’s laughable is vanity.
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The motive power of democracy is love.
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Laughter is the corrective force which prevents us from becoming cranks.
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There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.
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Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.
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I believe I experience creativity at every moment of my life.
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In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.
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There is nothing [that] disarms us like laughter.
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The emotion felt by a man in the presence of nature certainly counts for something in the origin of religions.
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If reality impacted directly on our senses and our consciousness, if we could have direct communication between the material world and ourselves, art would be unnecessary.
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And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to them.
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To drive out the darkness, bring in the light.
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